CASE STUDY Can you think of such famous cases in our country? What other kinds of crime do you know? How are they punished?
DEATH PENALTY Do you think death penalty is an effective way of preventing crimes? Give at least 3 leasons FOR and 3 reasons AGAINST.
Watch the following case that happend in 2004 and try to add more FOR and AGAINST reasons to the list;
WRITE a short account of what happened.
Pre-discussion:
1. Do you ever watch crime dramas? What do you like or dislike about them?
2. Do you know a favorite one? Why do you like it?
3. Have you read crime fiction? Give an example.
4. What clues do spies, murderers, robbers generally leave behind?
5. What do forensic scientists/pathologists do?
6. What do blood tests show?
7. How can police get a picture of the culprit's face?
8. What happens first at the scene of the crime?
9. Have you witnessed a crime and reported it to the police?
10. How are culprits identified by witnesses? Have you ever had to do such a thing?
Skills: 1. Describing people and places 2. Asking questions
According to the text, fill in or choose among the variants below:
1.The pathologist: a) looks for evidence at the place of the murder; b) takes blood samples; c) records details about the dead body.
2. ....................check for fingerprints.
3. A ......................laboratory is used to investigate and establish facts or evidence in a court of law.
4. Fingerprints a) provide; b) do not represent forensic evidence.
5. The following can estimate the time of death: a)skin colour; b) temperature; c)stiffness.
6. A.......... is a method of combining photographs of facial features, hair, etc., into a composite picture of a face: used by the police to trace suspects from witnesses' descriptions.
7. The face is divided into: a) three sections b) four sections; c) five sections.
8. The ......... and ..........are unique for every person.
Student 1 (gets a photo). You are the eyewitness. The police want you to describe exactly who and what you saw. Prepare what you are going to say to the police.
Student 2. You are the police officer. You are going to interview the witness. Decide what questions you are going to ask to get as much information as possible.
CASE STUDY
Can you think of such famous cases in our country?
What other kinds of crime do you know?
How are they punished?
DEATH PENALTY
Do you think death penalty is an effective way of preventing crimes?
Give at least 3 leasons FOR and 3 reasons AGAINST.
Watch the following case that happend in 2004 and try to add more FOR and AGAINST reasons to the list;
WRITE a short account of what happened.
Pre-discussion:
1. Do you ever watch crime dramas? What do you like or dislike about them?
2. Do you know a favorite one? Why do you like it?
3. Have you read crime fiction? Give an example.
4. What clues do spies, murderers, robbers generally leave behind?
5. What do forensic scientists/pathologists do?
6. What do blood tests show?
7. How can police get a picture of the culprit's face?
8. What happens first at the scene of the crime?
9. Have you witnessed a crime and reported it to the police?
10. How are culprits identified by witnesses? Have you ever had to do such a thing?
Skills:
1. Describing people and places
2. Asking questions
Read the text: CRIME and EVIDENCE - Basic knowledge
According to the text, fill in or choose among the variants below:
1.The pathologist: a) looks for evidence at the place of the murder; b) takes blood samples; c) records details about the dead body.
2. ....................check for fingerprints.
3. A ......................laboratory is used to investigate and establish facts or evidence in a court of law.
4. Fingerprints a) provide; b) do not represent forensic evidence.
5. The following can estimate the time of death: a)skin colour; b) temperature; c)stiffness.
6. A.......... is a method of combining photographs of facial features, hair, etc., into a composite picture of a face: used by the police to trace suspects from witnesses' descriptions.
7. The face is divided into: a) three sections b) four sections; c) five sections.
8. The ......... and ..........are unique for every person.
ROLE-PLAY: EYEWITNESS - POLICE OFFICER
Click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoWYZriq05s
Student 1 (gets a photo). You are the eyewitness. The police want you to describe exactly who and what you saw. Prepare what you are going to say to the police.
Student 2. You are the police officer. You are going to interview the witness. Decide what questions you are going to ask to get as much information as possible.
REPORTING A CRIME - VOCABULARY
REPORTING A CAR ACCIDENT Vocabulary
WRITE YOUR OWN CRIME STORY
http://mariavaldes.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/write-your-own-mystery-and-crime-story/
CASE STUDY -
What is of private vs public concern?
Couple lose 500k pounds home faked as a hay barn
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/38/20110407/tuk-couple-loses-500k-home-faked-as-a-ha-107bc4a.html